When the five senior brothers and sister stared at one another in astonishment, Ye Zhen suddenly realized that although these five members of the Five Immortals Sect were powerful and clear-headed, they were half a beat slow when it came to politics.
That was right—Ye Zhen classified this as politics!
Setting aside Ye Zhen's own designs, his joining the Five Immortals Sect and becoming their junior brother was, in essence, nothing more than a political transaction.
Yet these five senior brothers and sister had only considered taking him in on their master's behalf. They had not considered how Ye Zhen would be placed after joining the Five Immortals Sect!
Now that Ye Zhen had raised the matter, they discovered it was an enormous problem.
It was clearly impossible to let Ye Zhen enter any one of the five branches and participate in its management.
None of the five wanted Ye Zhen to join another branch.
Whichever branch Ye Zhen joined, it would mean a reshuffling of power within the Five Immortals Sect, allowing that branch to stand head and shoulders above the rest.
Moreover, none of them would welcome Ye Zhen into their own branch.
The reason was simple. Ye Zhen had strength and was so forceful. No matter which branch he entered, he would certainly fight for real authority—not just a little, either. He would greatly weaken their control over their own branches.
Especially after they accepted him as a disciple on their master's behalf, Ye Zhen would have the standing to contend with them on equal footing within the sect. He might even split the branch he joined into two.
Under such circumstances, Fu Su, Leng Shou Tian, Ling Xian, Lian Mo, and Zhuang Ning Bing were at a loss. None of them knew how to arrange Ye